Home, school, and leisure in the Soviet Union / edited by Jenny Brine, Maureen Perrie, Andrew Sutton.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Brine, J. J.
• Perrie, Maureen, 1946-
• Sutton, Andrew.
• Barker, Geoffrey Russell, 1923-1977.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Education--Soviet Union.
• Education.
• Soviet Union.
• Day care centers--Soviet Union.
• Day care centers.
• Recreation--Soviet Union.
• Recreation.
• Soviet Union--Social conditions.
• Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xiv, 279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Boston : Allen & Unwin, 1980.

Contents:

• Housing ideals, structural constraints, and the emancipation of women / G.D. Andrusz
• Domestic labour and Soviet society / Alix Holt
• "A woman's right to choose" in the Soviet Union / Barbara Holland
• Secondary education for all in a forward-looking society / Elisabeth Koutaissoff
• Socialisation in the literature lesson / Felicity O'Dell
• Soviet boarding education / John Dunstan
• Soviet child care / Madeline Drake
• Backward children in the USSR / Andrew Sutton
• Achievements and problems in Soviet recreational planning / Denis J.B. Shaw
• Sport in Soviet society / James Riordan
• Reading as a leisure pursuit in the USSR / Jenny Brine
• Geoffrey Barker, 1923-77 / R.W. Davies and James Riordan.

Notes:

• "This volume is dedicated to the memory of Geoffrey Russell Barker, 1923-1977."
• Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0043350402

OCLC:

6937454